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BYU Basketball 2026-27: The Schedule, the New Roster, and What Provo Should Expect

Kevin Young enters year three with one returning starter and a rebuilt roster. BYU's announced 2026-27...

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Vesper Amphitheater: The Application Is Withdrawn, and Orem Has Formally Voted No

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One Year After Charlie Kirk Was Killed at UVU: What Happened, and What It Left Behind

On September 10, 2025, Charlie Kirk was assassinated at Utah Valley University in Orem. A year later: what...

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Vesper Amphitheater: No Vote on August 25 Either — Provo City Now Says the Earliest Is September 8, and the Proposal Has Changed

Provo City's own project page, updated August 24, says the August 25 council meeting was a second work session...

September 2, 2026
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Detached ADUs Become a Right on October 1 — and Provo's Ordinance Is Still Not Written

Utah Code § 10-21-304 takes effect October 1, 2026, requiring Provo, Orem, Lehi and every city over 5,000...

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Provo Airport Now Says Gates 6–8 Open December 2027 and the Last Two in 2029 — Not 'Late 2028'

In a written statement to the Lehi Free Press, Provo Airport put dates on each half of its ten-gate expansion...

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Outdoors

The Delta's Boat Ramps Are Open, the Fishing Piers Are Fenced, and the Repaving Is Still Ahead: Where the Old Provo Channel Work Stands

The Provo River Delta project's summer update says the two non-motorized boat ramps on the Old Provo Channel...

September 1, 2026
Arts & Culture

Thanksgiving Point Wants to Build a Stained-Glass Sphere With 300 Windows — and Finish It Before the 2034 Olympics

Thanksgiving Point and the Roots of Humanity Foundation have released plans for the King and Diane Husein...

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